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My DA 16-85 problem, can anyone clarify what's going on?

Started Mar 14, 2016 | Discussions thread
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BrianC Veteran Member • Posts: 4,779
My DA 16-85 problem, can anyone clarify what's going on?

First of all I may have a return to Adorama issue. It's 3 days over 30 days since I bought it. I did talk to a rep and he said if Pentax said it was an issue I could send it back for replacement.

However, I'm 1,000 miles away from home and don't have the original packaging and paper work..........

If you see by the illustration, sometimes when I zoom out a ring of film like material (to me it reminds me of cassette tape film) catches on the sleeve on the right and gets pulled out from behind the red ring.

It's happened 3 times and now I can't make it happen again. I know it will be an issue so I will have to return it if Adorama and I can work it out.

Does anyone know what it is I'm seeing pop out? Is it something to do with weather sealing?

Thanks if you have any insight..

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Pentax K-5 IIs Pentax smc DA* 60-250mm F4.0 ED (IF) SDM Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Di Macro Pentax smc DA 50mm F1.8 HD Pentax DA 55-300mm F4.0-5.8 ED WR +1 more
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